Button-holder.



No. 842.177. PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

A.. H. GUSHM'AN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. OUSHMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MORLEY MAN-U- FAOTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

BUTTON-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29,1907.

To ail whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. OUsHMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in ButtonHolders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to button-holders for tufting-machines of the kind in which a large number of holders are mounted on a single board or plate to be operated together. In machines of this character the holders must be capable of holding the tufting-buttons with suflicient rigidity to prevent them from becoming dislodged while the cushion or like article to be tufted is being made, but at the same time must admit of the rapid and easy insertion of the button into the holder and withdrawal of it from the holder.

The object of my invention is to provlde such a button-holder which shall be more simple and cheap in construction and more effective and easy of operation than those heretofore used.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a plan-view of a button-holder containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of said button-holder. Fig. 3 is another side elevation of said holder viewed at right angles with the point of view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of said button-holder on the line a cot Fig. 1, showing a tufting-button in place therein; and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of said buttonholder.

Referring to said drawings, the buttonsupport 1 is preferably cylindrical in form and may be made of wood or other suitable material. The support 1 is designed to be secured to a board in a tufting-machine, which may be accomplished in any desired manner, as by providing a tenon 6 to fit into a hole in the board. At the end of the but-. ton-support 1 a recess or pocket 2 is provided to receive the head of the button to be held. The recess 2 is preferably proportioned and shaped to correspond with the shape of the button-head which it is intended to hold. At either side of the recess 2 an ear or projection 3 is provided for the purposes hereinafter set. forth.

To retain the button-head in the recess, I provide a pair of clips, which are normally so arranged as to overliethe edges of the button-head, but which yield to admit of the insertion or withdrawal of the button-head into and from the recess. In the accompanying drawings I have shown what I believe to be the best form of yielding clips, consisting of the U-shaped resilient wire clips 4 4. The ends of the clips are rigidly secured to said support 1 by means of the upturned ends 5, driven into the support 1 and firmly anchoring them against any pulling strain, and by the straps or U-brads 7, which prevent any pivot-almovement of the clips. The loops of the U-shaped wire clips 4 4 normally overlie the edges of the recess 2 and bear against the projections 3 3, which act as spops to limit the inward movement of the 0 ms.

The operation of my device is as follows: The head 13 of a tufting button or nail (see Fig. 4) is placed against the loops of springclips 4 4 and forced in the direction of the recess 2. The button-head overcoming the resilience of the clips causes them to yield and spread, permitting the button-head to pass between them into the recess in the buttonsupport, whereupon the clips return to their normal position against the stops 3 3, overlying the edges of the button-head B and holding it in the position shown in Fig. 4.

After the work of tufting is completed the holder and the tufted work are pulled apart, the pull on shank b of the button for withdrawing the button-head from the holder again causing the clips 4 4 to separate and release the button-head B.

I claim I 1. A button-holder comprising a buttonsupport having a recess adapted to receive a buttonhead, and a pair of U-shaped resilient wire clips, the ends of each of which are upturned and anchored within the button-sup port, and the loops of which are normally in position to overlie the edges of the recess and to retain the button-head in the recess, and are yieldingly movable to admit of the insertionor withdrawal of the button-head into or from the recess.

2. A button-holder comprising a cylindrical button-support having a recess or pocket in the end thereof to receive a button-head, a

projection upon said support at either side of said recess, a pair of U-shaped resilient Wire clips the ends of which are secured to said button-support, and the loops of Which normally overlie the edges of the recess and bear against said projections and are adapted to retain a button-head in the recess, and are yieldingly movable to admit of the insertion or Withdrawal of the button-head into or from the recess.

3. A button-holder comprising a buttonsupport having in the end thereof a recess to receive a button-head bordered by a periph eral Wall, a part of said Wall on either side of said recess being extended to form a pair of cars, and a pair of U-shaped resilient Wire clips, the ends of which l areg anchored to the support, and the loops of Which normally overlie the edges of the recess and abut against said ears, substantially as described.

4. A button-holder comprising the cylindrical button-support 1, having in the end thereof the recess 2 to receive a button-head, the projections 3, 3, one on either side of the recess, and the U-shaped resilient wire clips 4, 4, the ends of Which are secured to the support 1, and the loops of which normally overlie the edges of the recess and bear against the projections 3, 3, substantially as and for the purposes described.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 6th day of August, 1906.

ALBERT H. OUSHMAN. Witnesses:

A. G. FAY, P. B. I-IosMER. 

